Andrew Jackson Dbq

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Andrew Jackson A Andrew Jackson was our 7th president of the United States. He was the first president born into the poor though. He was an orphan at age 14. He created the spoil system, which was putting your friends into a government position. He was also known to challenge many people and to kill them in duels. He was for the Indian Act Removal, but he was against the Bank of the United States(BUS). He was also the New Orleans hero after the Treaty of Ghent. He even had a new party created just to oppose what he did. The head of the Whig Party was John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay. The federal government wanted to increase the tariff to make more money for the North. Sadly, it only helped the North where the South had to keep paying more to

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